Look around and you will find many brands of Tigs featuring the lift start process, but many welding operators will be unconvinced about thetechnique. To begin, each brand works slightly differently during lift starting. Some prefer one technique over the other. Some have no preference for technique. After working with the lift startfunction for several years now on our welders, I have found that the units are technique sensitive. You can’t just stab the tungsten down and lift up as the name suggests. Rather, you should place the cup on the metal; rotate the tungsten onto the metal, […]